Category: Theory

Let’s look at the “Dimensions” class of BIM object property names in my proposed classification system. Like the crucial “Identification” property class, it should make it much easier to define your information needs and communicate those needs to others – with total clarity. What you have is a standardized list…

Here’s a look at the “Identification” class in the BIMAXON classification system for BIM object property names. This is in fact the most important class, since every BIM actor needs Identification properties for every use of a model. So the gains from standardization here are very big. In presenting 1st-level…

In my last post about the urgent need to standardize BIM element properties, I promised to help do that. Here I begin to present the classification system for property names that I’m developing. I list my proposed 1st (entry) level of classes. Then I give an example of how they…

In this post, let’s look at some of the workflow implications of my proposed SOI approach to BIM data management, with the use of GR levels instead of LOD, by walking through a simple project to build a reinforced concrete column. 1. First we need to clarify the overall information-exchange…

My last post introduced the notion of a BIM object’s GR or “level of detailed geometry in its 3D graphical representation.” Let me explain more, to clarify the advantages over LOD that the GR approach to levels of detailing offers in terms of both efficiency and data usefulness. What’s of…

To better understand the set-of-information (SOI) approach to BIM data management I’m proposing, let’s review some key workflow notions in light of the purpose for which BIM exists. The purpose of BIM, in my view, is “to give each actor just the information they need at just the right time throughout a…

In my last post I described how the standard LOD/LOI methodology is causing information overload in BIM and slowing workflows. Now I want to outline a new approach which has the potential to resolve these problems and improve life for all BIM participants. I call it the “Set of Information”…

Everyone with an interest in BIM has struggled with LOD. Not just with the term’s subtleties of meaning and inconsistent use: “Does LOD here mean ‘Levels of Definition’ or ‘Level of Development’ or ‘Level of Detail’, and how does it differ from ‘Level of Information’?” But also with the practical…